Improvement in cotton-pickers



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wniniilnscn eooowilv AND SNCLAR D. A RKANHA S.

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G. NLES, OF HELENA,

Letters Mtcnt No. 113,159. dated March 28, 1871.

iNlFROl/EM ENT iN COTTON-PICKER'S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

known that wo, "d .minimiser Gooownv and f 12. inns, of" Helena, in the county of rhillin and in the Slate of Arkansas, have invented 'in ucwrand useful Improvements in Machine for ing Cotton; and do hereby declare that the fol l' wl ig is a t'uil, clear, and exact de ption thereof', ence boing had to the accompanying drawing und to the letters ot' reference marked thereon making a pt t of this Specification.

he nature ot' our invention consists in the construction and.arrangement cfa machine for picking cotton;7 as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

.tu order to enable others skilled in the art. to which our invention appertains to make and use the i .e, we will now proceed to describe its construction and opeiatiou, referring to the annexed drawing, in w, cb-

nigurc l is u planview;

1re 2, a side elevation; and gore 3, a front elevation nt' our machine.

A represents thc tramo of our machine, resting and movi/ig upon wheels B B.

These wheels are placed upon and secured to sep- :trate axles c a', for the reason that through the ccnter o1' the machine is a passage, C, und il' there was .iigy one axle there would be an obstruct-ion across Said passage.

Upon each axle a is secured a bevel cog-wheel, D, which gears with a pinion7 I), upon the end of a roller, E, having its bearings in the lower part of the machine.

The two rol""s E E are placed so that their front ends are further apart than the rear ends, and these rear en( s being near the month ofthe passage Gabovementioned.

A suitable distanceI above and parallel with t-he rollers E E are placed other rollers, E E', and a widc belt, f, of rubber or other suitable material, is passed around cach set ot' rollers; that is, around the` rollers E E', on each side of the machine. When the machine is in motion it will thus be seen that the belts G G move perpendicular-y up and down.

0n these belts are placed teeth i i, of any number desired, and at any suitable distance apar-t. These tenth are curved upward, at right or any other angles may bc deemed most suitable for the purposes,

)ln front of' the belts zr G,ou the machine, are inclined shields or projections H H, tu guide or conduct the cotton int-o the iachine between said belts, where the cotton is picked nii bythe teeth i i, and carried upward over the top rollers E' E. The cotton-stalks,

as the machine moves forward, pass through the passage C in the machine without bending.

Above and back of each roller E is placed a brushcylinder, I, having any desired number ot' brushes running longitudinally and projecting from its outer surface.

This cylinder is revolved by moans of thc gears e e from the inner end ot' the roller E'.

Parallel with thc brush-cylinder I, and ou the inner side thereof, is placed a iluted cylinder, J, which receives its motion through the gears ffii-oni the outer cnd of the brush-cylhnler.

As thc picked cotton is carried up by the belts G G the lluted cylinders J J, revolving in the opposite direction, strike any pieces of stalk or twigs that may have been carried up with the cotton and knock thcin down, while the cotton is, by means of the brush-cylinders I, which revolve in the Same direction as the belts, brushed ofi' from the teeth i t', and allowed to fall down upon an endless apron, K, in each side ot' the machine.

These aprons may have cross-slats, as shown in Iig. 2, or, if desired, may be without them. They are placed around rollers or pulleys, so as to Inovc upward and backward, conducting or carrying the cotton into a box, L, on each side, at the rear end of the machine. i

These aprons may be revolved either by a belt from one oi' the axles a, communicating motion to a V shaft on which the apron-rollers are placed, orpby bevel cog-wheels from ythe inner ends ot' the upper rollers E', or iu any other suitable and convenient manner. v

When the boxes L L are filled the cotton is removed through side doors in the same.

The ent-ire machine is Acovered by a hinged cover, M, as shown, and it is propelled bythe team from behind.

within the passage C, and its rear end resting upon an axle, O, with wheels P P.

Suitable double and single-trees are attached to the tongue, as sho-wn.

Instead of having t-bc toothed belts G- G working N is the tongue, adjusted in any desired manner I Having thus fully described our invention,

Nhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the toothed belts G G, brush-cylinders I I, and thc fluted cylinders J J, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth:

2. The frame A, with passage C, in combination with the toothed belts G G, guides H H, brush-cylinders I I, tinted cylinders J J, aprons K K, boxes L L, and hinged cover M, all constructed and m'- mngell substantially as and for the purposes herein sot forth.

In testimony that wo claim the yforegoing we have hereunto set our hands this 18th day of February 1871.

VILLAMS ON G O OD Wl N. Vitnessos: SINCLAIR D. G. NILES.

A. N. Mann, C. L. EVERTS. 

